The following production grants were announced by the Arts Council Malta on 4 July 2025.

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• Accreditations Are Open - Join As at Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event in November!
• Two Baltic Co-Production Market alumni projects will premiere at La Biennale di Venezia!
• The First Serial Bridges Baltics Calls for Applications!
•  Call for BWiFM season #5 is Open

Now in its second edition, WINECAST returns as Georgia’s only international festival where cinema and wine meet in unforgettable places. From 20–24 August 2025, the festival unfolds across two iconic venues: the Tbilisi Wine Museum and the historic Château Mukhrani, bringing together filmmakers, producers, writers, and wine lovers from around the world and offering a cinematic and sensory journey like no other.

After its successful 2024 debut at the Radisson Collection Tsinandali, where it welcomed nearly 1,000 guests and spotlighted the USA in partnership with the American Film Showcase, the U.S. Embassy in Georgia, and the USDA, WINECAST now turns its focus to Europe. The 2025 The program includes bold new voices in European cinema, international competition films, regionally rooted gems, and a curated selection of Georgian and international wines. Expect screenings, tastings, workshops, industry talks, and long, slow evenings filled with music and conversation. 

Highlights include:

• Over 30 fiction and documentary screenings
• 30 Georgian wineries and 10 international producers
• Curated film & wine pairings
• Daily masterclasses, workshops, live music, and cultural evenings

The first three days (Aug 20–22) will be hosted in the heart of Tbilisi, while the final two (Aug 23–24) take place at Château Mukhrani, blending cinematic storytelling with the beauty and depth of Georgian winemaking.

More than just a festival, WINECAST is a vibrant gathering of filmmakers, producers, winegrowers, critics, and cultural leaders. It’s a space where stories unfold on screen, and every sip deepens the experience.

 www.winecast.ge
 info@winecast.ge
@winecast.festival
 facebook.com/winecastfestival

"Milk Teeth", the second fiction feature film written and directed by Mihai Mincan, will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti competitive section at The Venice International Film Festival (82nd edition), which will take place from 27 August to 6 September 2025. 

The following production grants for long documentaries were announced by the Slovenian Film Centre on 10 July 2025.

The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Cinematik International Film Festival in Piešťany will start in a truly grand manner. It will be opened by the third feature film by director Tereza Nvotová, Father, with whose festival premiere the organizers promise the audience a truly exceptional and emotionally powerful experience. The drama, shot in a Slovak-Czech-Polish co-production, stars Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková and Aňa Geislerová.

The 23rd Franco-German Film Meetings, organized by Unifrance, the Académie Franco-Allemande du Cinéma, and German Films, will take place on October 8 and 9, 2025 in Paris, and will bring together committed professionals from the French, German, and European film industries to discuss current developments in our sector and imagine new perspectives together.

For more than 20 years, this event has been an essential platform for producers, distributors, exporters, creatives, partners, financial institutions, decision-makers – and for all those who passionately contribute to Franco-German and European film exchanges.

Information and program: https://www.das-rendez-vous.org/rdv-2025/

The registration form can be found here

Submissions are still open for the 27th edition of East-West co-production market connecting cottbus. Taking place during FilmFestival Cottbus on 5-7 November 2025, coco will present 13 projects in development (cocoPITCH) and 6 works in progress (cocoWIP).